Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya Author Gordon, Robert D. Northern Plains Entomology P. O. Box, 65 Willow City, ND 58384 USA Author Bordat, Patrice Lagasse, F- 82300 Saint-Cirq, France Author Dellacasa, Giovanni C. P. 921, I- 1612 Genova, Italy Author Dellacasa, Marco Centro Interdipartimentale, Museo di Storia Naturalle e del Territorio Università di Pisa, via Roma 79, I- 56011 Calci (Pisa) Italy text Insecta Mundi 2008 2008-03-03 2008 28 1 15 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4532811 1942-1354 4532811 Plagiogonus tertius (Bordat) , n. comb. Aphodius ( Plagiogonus ) tertius Bordat, 1992a: 136 . Plagiogonus tertius : Bordat, 2005: 54 . Specimens examined (3) : Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13. V .2003 , #1, leg. R. Gordon , cattle dung (1); idem , leg. R . Gordon , Impala dung (1) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1- 13. V .2002 , #7, leg. R. Gordon , cattle dung (1). ( NMK ) ( USNM ) . Geographical distribution : Kenya . Dung preference : Almost certainly a generalist, found in dung of cattle and impala.